Resolve causes of war to achieve true peace

Indian army soldiers on Aug. 7 patrol near the Line of Control, a ceasefire… (MUKESH GUPTA, Reuters Photo )

August 13, 2013

India and Pakistan have started exchanging fire across the disputed Kashmir border. This is nothing new since both nations have been fighting for decades.

After India was partitioned in 1948, India and Pakistan have fought three major wars — in 1965, 1971 and 1999.

On many other occasions, Indian and Pakistani soldiers have exchanged fire over Kashmir, and that region has always remained tense.

Similarly, relations between the United States and the Middle East-West Asian region have always remained tense. The U.S. military has fought wars in the Middle East and no peace or resolution has been made so far.

For decades, Indian and Pakistani authorities have had many peace talks that offered only short-term solutions. It is apparent that governments of both rivalries could never reach a strong consensus and were always truly upset about the disputed Kashmir. The same holds true for the United States and Middle Eastern nations.

It is evident that nations engaged in wars or conflicts do not hold genuine peaceful talks. Nationals or governments fail to understand and respect each other.

Governments need to reach the root of the problem and erode it. Otherwise, conflicts or wars will continue to break out.